Other Names: Hamah, Hamat
Location: Situated 47km north of Homs and 140km south of Aleppo; exact facility location unknown.
Subordinate to: Syrian government, CERS
Size: Unknown
Primary Function: CW production facility; believed to have produced mustard, sarin, tabun, and VX.

Description:
This is an underground facility that appears to have been constructed in the early to mid-1980s. It is one of the primary sites for Syrian chemical weapons production and may have been modified or expanded a number of times since achieving its Initial Operating Capability (IOC) in order to enable it to produce the full range of CW within the Syrian arsenal.

Key Sources: "Investigation: Syrian CW programs," Middle East Defense News (Paris) 5, 28 September 1992, pp. 5-6; Richard M. Bennett, "The Syrian Military: A Primer," Middle East Intelligence Bulletin, August/September 2001, <http://www.meib.org/articles/0108_s1.htm>.

	Updated November 2003